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Poll And The Votes Dont Agree

The Farm Journal, a national farm publication, can raise and sell without being whacked by a recently conducted a mail poll among its subscrib- government penalty. And theyVe just spoken in a ers to determine farmers feelings concerning gov- way that should leave nobody in Washington in ernment policies with respect to agriculture and any doubt about it.* ^

farm programs. The Farm Journal drew its opinion on the basis

On the strength of results of 10,000 ballots so of its poll which showed 52 per cenit of the partici-far counted among the 50,000 replies^ it received pate indicated their preferance for getting the from its poll, the Farm Journal said editorially in government clear out of the farm picture with its April issue: no controls and no price supports. Another forty-

Farmers may disagree about what they do four per cent-of the farmersaccording to the poll want in the way of a farm policy, but theyre preferred arr^expanded voluntary land-retirement mighty clear about what they dont want. They dont watit compulsory government quotas. They dont want the government running the farms of the country. They dont want the Secretary of Agriculture telling them how much, or how little, they

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Many bosses ye Governor

(Note to Readers: Lynn Nls-bet is In Tampico, Mexico)

... By GRAHAM JONES Press Secretary to Governor Sanford

BOSSES Anyone who believes the Governor can do as he pleases hasnt met the political bosses of North Carolina.

There are four and a half

a fanner who never took his produce to market surely wouldnt have a vei*y good profit on his harvest.

But even with the necessarily lai-ge amount of travel that is required of the Governor, he still averages 40 hours a week or more doing office

million of them. Eh'ery citizen of this State, in one way or another, is the boss of the Gov-mor and his staff.

The Constitution of North Carolina strictly limits the Governors powers. But It sets no limitations whatever on his ob-Ugatlcais.

Nor does the supreme law of our State set any limitation on the Governors working hours.

As a result, the lights go on early at Executive Mansion and they burn late at tire Governors Office in the State Capitol.

TTie Governors Office is many things to many people.

For State Government. It is a hub. In time of disaster, it is a command post. For new industry, it is a salesroom. For tourists, It is a landmark. For prisoners. It sometimes Is a court of last resort.

For Inquisitive students across the State and the Nation and around the globe, It is a reference library. For toe ill needing admission to a state hospital, it is a referral cUnlc. For the annoyed aggrieved, it Is a complaint desk. For a variety of fund drives, it is a launching pad. For local, state and federal officials, it la a caucus room.

All of these things, and many others, the Governors Office must be. For if it is true the Governor runs the State, it is equally true that the citizens of North Carolina run the Governor.

SCHEDULEA college student recently asked why North Carolina does not permit a Governor to succeed himself. With a grin, the Governor gave the Obvious answer;

After a man has held the office for a short time, he would not think It fair to require any future governor to serve more toan one term.

In 1961, Governor Sanford had less than a dozen Saturdays and less than a dozen Sundays that he could spend uninterrupted with his family.

He traveled a great deal. First he traveled many miles across North Carolina. He did 0 in recognition of the fact that the man who holds the office Is Governor of 100 counties which extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Blue Ridge and Smokie Mountains.

Secondly, when the Interests of North Carolina dictated. Governor Sanford traveled to other states. He did so on the basis that when you have a product as good as the State erf North Carolina to promote, you dont sell it by sitting behind a desk. In this respect, the^ Governor followed the same*' course (rf actl(Mi as that followed by a real estate man or a farmer. A realtor who never left his office probably wouldnt sell many houses. And

His daily schedule usually starts with a conference around the breakfast table. By the time most people get to work, Governor Sanford will have completed the work involved In the breakfast conference and will have answered a list of early morning telephone calls.

When he arrives at the office, the Governor faces voluminous quantities of paper work and a constant stream of callers. There Is no problem as to which gets priority. People take precedence over paper.

Governor Sanford has adopted the Open Door policy at the Governors Office. To the ek-tent that time and the number of chairs in the office allow, he will see callers.

In order to provide time for more appointments, the Governor seldom takes a lunch hour. He usually drinks a can of dietary liquid, or eats a quick lunch from a tray at his desk, between the time one appointment turns to leave his office and the time the next appointment comes in. This does two things for him; He has an extra hour for office appointments and he keeps his waistline dOWTV.

The volume of letters addressed to the Governor approaches mail order house pro-ponions. The tone of those letters range from the pleading to the demanding, from the amusing to the pathetic, from the ludicrous to the sublime.

A mother writes for another chance for her imprisoned son. A girl wants to be a dance instructor but her parents want her to go to business college. A farmer wants his road paved. An industrialist is considering North Carolina as the site for a new plant. An eighth-grade student has a difficult assignment in social studies. A man has a sure method for stopping hurricanes; another sends a map with the best route to the moon; still another advises the date of the end of the world.

Those and a multitude of other problems are sent to the Governor for solution.

The Army has a motto which runs: A soldier is on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 'Thats about the size of it with the Governors job.

The main difference between the work schedule Governor Terry Sanford follows as chief executive of the State of North Carolina and the schedule he foDowed as a paratrooper during World War II, is that as Governor he hardly ever gets a w'eekend pass or a furlough.

The Con.stitutional authority of the Governor is contained in a few brief paragraphs. But. in fact, whatever concerns the health, the happiness and the hopes of North Carolinians is the duty of the Governor.

program while only four per cent favored compulsory governmenf quotas.

These figure in themselves were surprising to

us.

But feven more stirprising w as the Farm Journal breakdown of voting by major crops and geographical areas which indicated that only 15 per cent of the tobacco farmersMn the Southeast favored compulsory quotas while 56 per cent favored the land retirement program and 29 per cent wanted neither controls nor price supports.

These figures are in sharp contrast to the results of the tobacco marketing quota referendum conducted among bright leaf tobacco producers last December in which mo^e than 95 per cent of the tobacco producers voted in "favor of controls and price supports, as opposed to no controls and no support.

-The-overall figures,of the .Farm Journal poll also seem to us in contrast to the programs that have been advanced in recent years by major farm groups which have posed as spokesmen for agricultural interests of the nation. These groups have proposed a variety of programs, but we cannot recall at the moment any of them having come out for getting the government clear out of agriculture by doing away with both supports and controls across the board. The Farm Journals poll, how'ever, indicated more farmers favored this alternative than either of the other two . . . and by a clear majority.

No wonder!

At least under the proposals of the Kennedy administration each agricultural group will have the opportunity to choose betw^een supports with controls or no controls and no support prices. The Farm Journal poll results ntwithstanding, nved hazard the guess that most farm groups will choose the former.

\Ve believe the government is on sound ground in insisting that it impose a ceiling on farm production if it is to put a floor under farm prices.

3ill-Watching Durina Session

By HENRY HOWARD

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Had Real Good Memory

'THE CHARMING lady was

speaking to the 100-or-so persons in her audience. Most generally she held their attention.

But attentiveness was never better during her speech than when she was describing the difficulties in the old days when she piloted the old T-model up the mountainside.

The going was pretty doggone rough, she said. Then she gave a vivid account of how youd have to stop every mile or so on the steep incline and refill the old radiator from the water supply provided for that purpose.

Then it must have struck her' full in the face that shed have to admit she was getting

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along in years if she could remember those episodes.

And you know how folks are sometimes when it comes to telling other folks how many years theyve been around.

Well, this speaker-a very distinguished-looking lady quickly came to her own defense:

You must think Im pretty old to remember those days, she said, then declared; Im not all that old. Ive Just got a real good memory.

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) BUI watching, a great sport in Washington, must be as exciting for people elsewhere as trying to follow a gnat in a sandstorm.

Two of the most important bills before Congress the ones President Kennedy is expected to fight hardest for may get lost to view in a fog of details, dickering, bickering and tinkering.

The House Ways and Means Committee, a conservative group, has both oUls in its hands. The medical care measure is bogged down. The committees hearings on trade started last week.

It might seem the administration should have no trouble with this committee, where Democrats outnumber Republicans 15 to 10. Just the opposite is true:

WhUe the Republicans oppose the bill, so do some Democrats.

The American Medical Association has been workin.g overtime against Kennedys medical care plan, tied to Social Security. But the bills main stumbling block in the committee is its No. 1 man. This is the chairman. Rep. WUbur D. Mills, Arkansas Democrat.

From a political standpoint-remembering how the Democrats outnumber the Republicans there was something wistful about the Democratic House boss. Speaker John W. McCormack, when he said the Kennedy administration needs the votes of 2 of the 10 Republicans to get the bill approved in Mills, committee and send It on its way.

Its way lies on a direct line to the most conservative grojup in Congress, the House Rules Committee, which is a kind of traffic director for deciding what bills get to the House floor for a full vote.

The administration seems to have no doubt that, once on the floor, 'a House majority would vote for it and send It on its way to the Senate. If It ever gets that far, there ought to be a Senate rumble, too.

By parliamentary maneuvering. the Kennedy administration could, through Its forces In the House, try to yank the medical bill out of the hand.s of committees and up to the floor for a vote.

Why doesnt It? The an.swer seems to be a fear that Hou.se members, who otherwl.sewould

vote for the bill, might turn against it out of anger at seeing their almost sacred committee procedures bypassed.

Meanwhile, the White House Is coordinating a massive effort of outside organizations who want the medical bill passed. This is an effort to pressure Congress from the outside.

Just how far Kennedy is willing to go 1 fighting for this plan remains to be seen. Interested government officials are already saying theyll try again in l)63.

But there seems no reason for skepticism on how hard Kennedy will try to get his trade program through. This Is his No. 1 project for 1962.

In brief, this bill w'ould give the President new powers to cut or wipe out tariffs so he could bargain better with other countries. particularly the new European Common Market set up by Americas allies.

The opponents have just started talking at the hearings which were started last w^ek by Mills committee. Their broad complaint is against letting the President open the door to for-^elgn products which would hurt their business.

In the finst five days of the hearings. Kennedy sent five of his Cabinet officers before the committee to pitch for the bill. Before the hearings end the fog will be terrific.

Opinions :n Brief

Castro holds out no hope to his televiewers that their famine will be relieved by Russian food shipments. No doubt he has read Mr. Khrushchevs anxious appeal to farmers for greater Russian productivity; Cuba can expect guns, but not butter, from Russia. Daily Telegraph (Great Britain).

It is increasingly apparent that Castros opposition is not. as he charges, the bulwark of the status quo. It is taking on more and more the character of a progressive movement dedicated to an assault on w'ant and ml.sery. The Atlanta Journal.

TO THE EDITOR:

My husband and I have lived in Greenville the greater number of our 32 years of married life.

During this time, we have accepted our responsibilities conscientiously. We have tried to lend our fellowman a hand when and where we felt needed. Yet. we feel that we have been used as a target by the P.TA

Now my husband is not a criminal, Is not in an illegal businessdoes not sell any books Which are not censored by the Federal censorsand though it distresses us that the public has gone over the deep end on the subject of sex and it does seem that all writers, publishers, censors and many readers have thrown away all discretion I still see no reason for our being crucified for this.

The P.T.A. is a national organization and could do a great service for humanity as a whole as well as for youthby getting at the critics and publishers In regards to better and more wholesome reading.

The above could be accomplished by joining hands with P.T.A. all the way to the top-taking along all national civic organizations both men and womens and I know that the churches ail over the country would deem it a privilege to become a member of this worthwhile crusade.

You must see that this movement would give momentum as it traveled and would finally not only get the cooperation of all people interested In better living, and would Influence more and more people in that direction.

This would not only change publication, but would influence other forms of recreation.

Is this not better than singling out one citizen who has simply tried to build a business from which the public might come and choose his or her reading material?

People come Into my husbands business for various materials. information on numerous questions and problems some for required readingclassics, magazines styles, sports, etc.and a great many for recreational reading. Some of the latter, who must read to relax, some probably for escape from the hard realities of life.

Who knows why different per

sonalities choose different types of literature for relaxation?

Though w'e have been pictured by the P.T.A. as a type far from prayerful we have given a great deal of thought and prayer to this question, and can truthfully say that we do not believe that the P.T.A. is using the correct approach to this question of literature, and furthermore can see no long range gain by attempting to right a wrong by distortions of the truth in articles in the paperand in short trying to dis-troy one man in the eyes of the public because of the low ebb of morals to which our literature of today has reached.

Stopping the sale of fiction in one small area Is no solution to this problem. It would only drive young as well as older people on highways.

Can you keep your children tied to your apron strings for life?

What will they do when they are forced to leave home and go into other towms or sections of the country? Will they be able to take care of themselves if the college boy.s here are not able to do just that?

We feel that if parents would spend time on their children reading the right kind of literature to them before they were able to read, as well as teaching and talking to them about right living that there would be very few problems with their choice of reading at the age of choosing for themselves.

However, as long as the re-spwnslbllity of rearing of children is left to the schools, churches and the public at large, we feel that the reading problem as well as much greater ones, will be with us and we do consider that parents do have much greater ones now.

Who Is to blame?

Somewhere along the line someone has failed the schools, the churches or the home? Or do we blame the businesses down town?

How' do you feel? Do the parents of these children who claim a problem with them, feel so free of blame that you are ready and willing to cast stones at the public, placing all the failures on them.

Think my friend, where does the fault lay? Are you'actually

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COMPACT CARS since they have gained tremendous popularity have attracted bundles and bundles of various pros and cons. Most everybody, at one time or another, has something to say about them.

A principal subject seems to be the thrift involved. People say their personal automotive budgets are reduced; some say the burden on the public in providing highw'ays will be lessened by the deluge of the small cars.

Certainly they mean different things to different people.

We noticed one the other day at a drive-ln sandwich shop around here. From the decals, it was safe to assume the driver w'as a student.

It was one of those small, sleek convertibles of foreign make. Implied by Its appearance was a special abilKy for speed. It was like many of the small cars you hear and sometimes see chasing around town, turning comers like they were on a monorail or something.

But It had at lea5t one feature unique to me. The reason was not clear to me why there were three shiny chrome-plated fixtures protruding through the hood of the little car.

Apparently, I thought, these were either ornamental or designed for extra horsepower and speed or both. There was a rectangular opening cut right through the hood and these three items, which I assumed were air filters for three carburetors, caught the bright sunshine.

Here was a small car, I thought, with perhaps more engine than it could stand. I reasoned this way because of an old adage Id heard from my high school science teacher: Never put more motor in your car than youve got room provided for.

Perhaps an ultra-powered car was not the student's objective. But if that was the case, his intentions had produced that result anyway, perhaps as a by-product. This was obvious when he touched the starter, the little car roared impatiently, and the two streaked out of sight in nothing flat.

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By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY Copyright, 1962, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

One of the curiosities of a free society is that a human being Is entitled to exhibit his stupidities as long as his conduct does n(rf produce violence in or upon others. In a word, a man may say that he hates me, but he must not show his hatred by an act of force or violence. So, I have a letter from one who Is apparently a European In origin, who living here, cannot understand our ways. The writer has this to say:

. .1 must appeal to you to explain the daring and offensive situation of (George Lincoln) Rockwell, head of the American Nazi Party, being allowed to speak on April 2dth right in New York City. I have tried to understand democracy and freedom of speech In the United States, but on the one hand we fught to destroy the Ideals of Nazism and on the other hand permission Is granted by the U. S. Supreme Court for Rockwell to speak to arouse ^ hatred and violence, that Is beyond my comprehension.

As long as Rockwell limits himself to talking, he Is well within his rights. Nazism Is abhorrent to most Americans, as Communism Is offensive to them. But we have* not yet reached the degradation of our history that we fear such disruptions, and they are not rare In our history.

It is different from the situation In Germany w-hen Hitler arose. Germany was a conquered country; the Germans a proud people brought to heel by the fortunes of war. Not only was the economy of Germany broken but the spirit of the nation suffered from defeat. Hitler, by impudence and to a degree by realizing that other countries were in equal difficulties. offered (3ermany hope and reconstruction.

Hitler made two tragic mistakes which are not unusual for dictators whose self-will grows beyond their purposes and capacity. His diversion from political action to anti-Semitism and the revival of Teutonic paganism was Inevitable, arising from 1S political need to be recognized as a man-god. Napoleon was smarter; he went about his business of plundering and reconstruction without becoming involved in religious matters and In the inhumanities which before Hitler had weakened the Spain of Ferdinand and Isabella. Just as Hitler pursued the concepts of Houston Stewart Chamberlain on the subject of Arjanism, so Isabella permitted Torquema-da to ruin Spain In an effort to establish a monolithic empire. Khrushchev is trying that now In the Soviet Universal State, but with surprisingly little success.

Hitlers second error was to tease the United States into coming to the rescue of the European nations and Russia and Chma. Hitlers intelligence must have been surprisingly poor. He never understood the American people at all. He read numerous attacks on the President and assumed that they represented resistance to war. He noted that he could buy persons here to conduct anti-Semitic campaigns and some did it of their free will, but he did not realize that in war all Americans, whatever color or creed, go Into the trenches and fight for Old Glory even if they oppose the war.

So. my correspondent can be sure that Rockwell can go on making speeches and that his opponents will make speeches, and maybe there will be rotten eggs and spoiled tomatoes and a few fist fights, but mostly we shall laugh To most Americans, he looks like a funny man and what he says does not fit any situation in this country.

His kind of exhibitionism makes very little Impression upon our people. Just as all movements of hate are offensive to our people who generally get along with their neighbors of all kinds. To get along with folks, it Is not necessary to marry them. It is only necessary that we respect their rights under the law and that they respect our rights.

The writer finds it difficult to understand democracy. I w'ould suggest that It not bo tried. The word, democracy. Is very confusing and should be used most precisely. It is better to describe our countrv' as one In which the rights of the (Continued on Page 5)

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Sfrenath For Today

Court Decision Is Being Usee.

By EARL L. DOUGLASS MANY WAYS OUT

Everyone falls at times Into a depressed state of mind. Some people appear to be plagued almost continually by a melancholy mood. Whether there is more mental depression in the modern world than has existed before is harcf to say. It may be that we arc only becoming more aware of such troublesome state.s of mind.

If we are troubled with melancholy we should first of all remind ourselves that mental depresslbn qften has a phy.slcaJ cause. We may be overw'orklng. We may be unwise in our eating. We may be seeking the support of alcohol and finding, when Its effects have worn off that we are in a lower slate than when we started. If mental depression is a problem for us.

we should first of all try to find out w hether or not It arises from a physical cause which can be corrected.

There are some people who are melancholy because their minds tend to sag. They need a little u.se of wUl power to remind themselves of the hopeful aspects of life. There Is. Indeed, such a thing as taking ourselves resolutely in hand and snapping out of a depressed mood.

Also be sure if you are depressed to ask yourselves whether or not your spiritual life is wholesome and strong Do you tru.st God? Do you pray? Do you take advantage of the opportunitiefi oifered you by Bible and church for the strengthening of your faith and. the enriching of your .oul?

IXint let depression overcome you. There, Is a way out there are many ways out.

By ELMER ROESSNER

The United States Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Slim Mint Gum will enable you to lose 3-5-7 pounds a week w'hile eating what you want, that you can reduce without dieting, and that you can lose 5-10-20 pounds fast just be chewing gum.

This decision has put the slipperiest kettle of eels In the lap of the Federal Food and Drug Administration that It has wrestled with in many a moon.

The FDA libeled four cases of Slim-Mint Chewing Gum on May 1. 1959. alleging the labeling and advertising was false and misleading. The Thompson Medical Co. fought back. At a trial, both sides produced doctors who swore on the Bible that the charges were true or false A jury decided in favor of Slim-Jim and now the court of uppcal.s has confirmed thef Jury.s verdict.

The Thompson company is

bombarding the press with releases. I have received five so far. The PDA is on the horns of the legal bull. It must make further appeals or allow Thompson to advertise without restraint that the United States government concedes that Slim Jim Mints Gum will slough away up to seven pounds a week while you eat what you want.

tie clips and other jewelry with symbols of various professions. Recently the company introduced clips with blue-collar symbols, such as hammers, saws, etc. Retailers tell me that the symbols of the crafts are selling better than the professional markers.

panies. For a copy of this leaflet, write SBA, Washington 25, D. C and ask for Management Aid No. 137.

THIRD OF CHAIN DROPS STAMP PLAN

About one-third of the 86 stores in the J. J. Newberry chain in New England have dropped their stamp plans. Headquarters said the plan did not justify the expense of 1.7 per cent of sales. Stores dropping stamps will offer a 2 per cent discount on cash register tapes to soften the blow,

SO WHATS THE KE.\L STATUS SYMBOl, TODAY?

Last year Swank InUoducod

WANT TO EXPORT? CONSIDER EXPORT MANAGEMENT FIRM

While the reduction of tariffs between the United States and Common Market firms will open many export opportunities, using tliem will require considerable work. It was pointed out here recently.

As If reading our minds, the Small Business Administration has put out a leaflet .saying much the same, and suggesting that firms wanting sales overseas contact combination export management firm.s. which specialize In^scrvlng as fxpoit m-ins for smaller com-

STORY TO REMEMBER IF CIRCUMSTANCES ARISE Police in Thome, England, spotted a dented auto and arrested the muTier for failing to report an accident. He was released when he told the magistrate that his car was attacked by an elephant In South Amca.

NEW APARTMENT ANT)

TRIP ALL AT SAME TIME?

A New York builder, desperate to fill his overpriced apartments, offered two-week vacations in Florida to couples who signed leases.

There was no rush. The builder realized that anybody renting a brand new apartment In New York has no yen for Florida. In fact, they probably wouldnt have enough left over for the inevitable extras.